Publisher for Windows 95 does not support all the Multi-Language
capabilities of Windows 95. It does support the use of alternative
keyboard layouts and locale-specific preferences (metric vs. English
measurement systems, for example). Publisher does not support alternative
language variations for multilingual fonts.
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Multilingual support under Windows 95 consists of the following separate
areas: regional settings, international keyboard layouts, and international
fonts.
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Regional Settings
These preferences are controlled by the Regional Settings control panel.
These preferences include measurement system, currency format, thousands
separator, and so on. Publisher follows the preferences made here.
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Keyboard Layouts
You can add international keyboard layouts by using the Keyboard control
panel. Once you install these layouts, you can toggle between them using a
shortcut key (ALT+LEFT SHIFT is the default) or by clicking an icon on the
taskbar. Publisher uses the current keyboard layout, whatever it is.
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International Fonts
Some of the fonts that come with Windows 95 include variations for other
languages. These fonts, which include Arial and Times New Roman, contain
over 600 different characters. TrueType fonts that do not include
international variations contain up to 256 characters. The multilingual
variations are included in Western, Greek, Cyrillic, and Turkish.
To access the international variations of these fonts, a program has to
support a set of Windows programming commands called Unicode. Unicode
is fully implemented in Windows NT, but only partially in Windows 95.
Programs such as Word version 6.0 for Windows, Word version 7.0 for Windows
95, and WordPad support the Unicode commands necessary to access the
international font variations. Publisher does not. Publisher can only use
the international variation that is the primary one used by Windows. If you
have a Greek version of Windows 95, Publisher uses the Greek character set.
If you have a Russian version of Windows 95, Publisher uses the Cyrillic
variation of the international fonts.
NOTE: While Publisher does support alternative keyboard layouts, they
are not particularly useful without the corresponding alternative
character sets. For example, if you use the Belarusian keyboard layout
on a non-Cyrillic version of Windows, your text will appear in Publisher
as a series of extended characters.
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